A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.9 built with the Network Block Device (NBD) client support. The flaw could occur while processing server's response to a 'NBD_OPT_LIST' request. A malicious NBD server could use this issue to crash a remote NBD client resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on client host with privileges of the QEMU process.
Published 2018-07-27 18:29:01
Updated 2021-09-08 13:15:07
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute codeDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2017-2630

Threat overview for CVE-2017-2630

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2017-2630
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 22
IPs affected by CVE-2017-2630 2
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-2630

0.29%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 69 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2017-2630

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.5
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.0
6.4
NIST
4.6
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.9
6.4
Red Hat, Inc.
8.8
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.8
5.9
NIST
5.5
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
1.3
3.7
Red Hat, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2017-2630

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
  • A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
    Assigned by: secalert@redhat.com (Primary)

References for CVE-2017-2630

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